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»| Heavyweight Champion Jack
Démpsey Is On Georgian Staff
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In-Slow Fight Feather Champion
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Qutpointed—Frenchman, Over
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weight, Loses SI,OOO Forfeit.
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¢ NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Johnny Kil
bane is still champion of the feather
weights today, but his grip on the
title isn’t as firm as it used to be.
The clever Clevelander stood up
against Benny Valger, his foremost
challenger, for eight rounds at the
Newark Sportsmen's Club and came
away with a smile and a lot of easy
money.
IWValger put forth his best efforts to
uncrown the champion. The only
way he could have won the title was
via the knockout route. He failed.
But Valger outpointed the title
halder. His long left arm and his
wgllng and tricky right hand puzzled
Kilbane. - From®the tap of the first
gong until the bout ended Kilbane
t.rfl to form a defense for the left
jab"that kept beating a tattoo against
his stomach, but could find none. At
times .the champion would show a
flash of his old time ability, and
would fly into Valger with a shower
of blows. But he did no harm. l
Valger blocked many of Kilbane's
punches and won his shade over the:
champion by using his let to the mid
riff. "
The champion showed well only in |
the clinches.
In open fighting the Frenchman
was far the superior, but he fought
too carefully to please the huge crowd |
that jammed the Armory to the doors.
Although the featherweight title
was not involved in the scrap, it
Yooks as if Kilbane is through as a
bieleaguer. :
n Badgerly of Orange, who is just
out of the army, signallized his debut
as a professional by putting Jack
Kendricks to sleep with a right to the
jaw In the fourth round. Badgerly,
who is a 1656-pounder, had it all hle[
own way and is likely to be heard
from later.
When the principals entered the
ring for the main bout Joe Hum
phries announced that Valger was
three-quarters of a pound overweight |
and that Kilbane had claimed the |
SIOOO forfeit. This brought a volley |
of. hisses for the champion, so that he '
started off with the majority of the |
crowd against him. It was an-l
nounced that Vriger weighed 124 3-4, |
;v‘hfle 4Kilbam» tipped the beam axi
25 1-4,
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Tech High Will Try
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! Savannah Quintet
Tech High has an off day today,
and will leave Friday evening for
Savannah where the Smithies will
fllny the Savannah High School. Thig
§ a return game, Savannah having
played and defeated Tech High here
carlier in the season.
The game played here between the
two was a good xhibition of prep
basketball. Tte teams were pretty
well matched, and in this second
game, are even more so. Tech High
at the time of the first game was
hangdicapped by several of the varsity
men being sick with the flu. These
players and several new men, who
have developed into varsity timebr
+ make the Smithie line-up much
stronger than it has been before this
season.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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~ Sail for Florida
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The ad
vance guard of the Dodgers sailed
for Jacksonville, Fla., today, aboard
the steamer Arapahoe. At Mamaux,
Chuck Ward and Clarence Mitchell
weré the players to head for the
training eamp via the water route.
The other players will go from
their homes by rail. Manager Wil
bhert’ Robinson will arrive in Jackson-
Yille Sunday. Active training will
Fuu't on Monday.
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Racing in Kentucky
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Is Given Big Boost
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 26.—Rac
ing in Kentucky received a new lease
on life today, when the State Senate,
by a vote of 21 to 14, defeated a bill
to abolish the pari mutuel system of
{gambling.
Had the bill passed, turfmen said,
it would have spelled the doom of
racing In Kentucky, as the sport
could not have been carried on with
out betting.
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THE ATUANTA GEORGIAN o enm A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes .09 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920.
THE GEORGIAN SPORT PAGE |
DEMPSEY
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}Heavywelght Champion Says He
Is Anxious to Appear Before
Court and Clear His Name.
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(By Universal Sers .ce.}
LLOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.—Jack
’ Dempsey, world's heavyweight
\cha.mpion, declared today that he is
)gla.d of the opportunity to meet his
-accusers in open court to prove false
the charges, which the federal grand
jury in San Francisco, according to
report, deemed sufficient to war
rant the returning of an indictment
against him.
Both Kearns and Dempsey, accord
ing to the San Francisco report, must
face a true bill on accusations that
they conspired to enable Dempsey to
elude the draft. Neither Dempsey
nor his manager has been officially
notified of the action to be taken
against them, but both were prepar
ing today to fight the charges.
“I have refused to worry,” said
Dempsey. $My conscience is clear
and there is nothing that can be held
against me. I would rather be taken
into court and have the entire mat
ter cleared up than to sit back, while
charges are being hurled around.
“I have tried to play the game
square and am sorry I have become
the target for attacks, but since the
attacks were made, an open court,
where all sides can be heard, will
be welcomed by me.
“I have done no wrong and will go
into court confident that my name
will be cleared.” .
Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager,
said: “There’'s nothing to it, but if
the reports are true, we will have
to go to court and prove our side of
the story. We can do this without
trouble. 1 want to say, however,
that enemies of mine and of Jack
have brought this thing about. I
do not mean that the grand jury has
been unfair, but it has been misled
by false information.
“We will welcome any step that
will give us a chance to prove that
we are innocent. lam sure that
there is nothing that can be held
against either of us in any way. If
Dempsey is guilty, then I am guilty.”
Two Battles
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In Girls’ Prep
League Today
Fulton High wiil play Woodberry,
at Fulton, and Marietta is matched
with De Kalb High, at Marietta, in
Friday's games in the Girls’ Prep
League. Fulten is leading the league,
while Woodberry is the last team in
the race, o this game should easily
go to Fulton.
In the first meeting of the two
teams, however, Woodberry played
far above form, and Fulton had an
off day. The result in the first two
thirds was rather discouraging for
the league leaders, but in the last
period they delivered and got away
with the game, but the margin should
have been far larger than it was.
Marietta and De Kalb present a
far better attraction. The teams are
more evenly matched in size, ability
and the like. The game being played
at Marietta will allow only a few of
the local fans to see the game, but
the outcome will have much to do
with the final standing of the teams.
The present season has only a few
more games to go, and the teams are
fighting their best at present. Ful
ton is leading the league and setting
a pace that none of the others have
yet been able to. equal. The final
outcome will probably be as in for
mer years, with Fulton winning the
pennant, and Decatur and Marietta
running a close second.
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Stars Off for
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Tilt in East
Capt.. “Skinny” Pollard, George
Griffin and J. M. McCleskey, the
three track stars of Georgia Tech,
left Thursday morning for Baltimore,
where they will take part In the
South Atlantic indoor field meet, to
be held Saturday night under the
auspices of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity.
A number of large colleges are en
tered in this meet. Georgetown,
Johns Hopkins, Washington- Lee,
Penpsylvania, Virginia, V. P. IL,
North Carolina and others will en
ter teams.
Tech does not expect to win the
meet, but has entered a team merely
as an experiment, and next year will
go Into several of the big Eastern
meets,
Pollard will handle the jumps;
Griffin the dashes, and McCleskey
the distance runs.
Boys’ High Will Play
Gordon Institute
Boys' High will play Gordon In
stitute here Saturday at the Audi
torium., This Is a return game, as
Boys' High played Gordon in Barnes
ville earller in the season, and won.
This will be an interesting game as
both teams are members of the newly
formed G. 1. A, A.
The game i 8 not one of the con
tests scheduled by the new league
however, as baseball is the ifrst sport
that the league will undertake this
year. Boys' High should again get
away with a victory,
The local team will put its strong
est array against the visitors, as play -
fng the scrubs the first part of the
gume might prove faul
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By TOM STOKES.
The crack of the bat sounded its
initial call Tuesday afternoon down
on Sanford Field. About seventy can
didates . were out tossing the ball
and loosening up for the coming sea
son. Coach Stegeman was master
of ceremonies and was pleased at the
initial turn-out. ‘
Ivy Wingo, renowned catcher of the
Cincinnati Reds, was there, too, look
ing over the bunch of recruits. He
said that he would be unable to be
with the Red and Black '~ in its
practise season this year, since his
close services would be required with
'the young pitchers whom Moran has
'ga.thered together for the coming sea
son. H» ive¢t dropped over Monday
afternoon, and in a day or two will
take the train for Miami, where the
Reds will. soon beg'n their training.
IVY HELPED TEAM.
Baseball fans will remember that
Ivy spent about two weeks with the
Georgia aggregation last spring, and
was a great halp in training the team
that missed the Southern champion
.shlp by a hair. It was hoped and in
|fact expected that he would be with
us agaip this year, but he stated that
‘lhe would be unable to take the time
'off that he did last year on account
|of his work with the Cincinnati slab
prospects. -
“You ought to have a winning club
this year,” wa< his statcment of ‘“e
case as he looked over the busy field.
| Several regulars are back on the
ijob*Satterfleld, Hancock, Mangum,
]Cody, Mott-—-while the new materia!
'ls most promising., It is true that we
|lost our pitehing staff with the ex
| ception of Satterfield, wh> took sev
|eral very successful turns in the box
|last year. But we would like to in
troduce to Southern baseball fans
IMr. George Clark, who made such a
|record with G. M. C. last year; Mr.
Jack Slappy, who has had pitehing ex
perience of a wide and varied and
|most successful character, and Pond
| Lippett, who made a neat record with
{the Albany team in South Georgia
isummer baseball last year.
| There are a numbe~ cf good men
lout for the infleld and outfield posi
|tions. The material along this line
ean better be viewed in a few davs
|when the weeding season begins.
|Coach Stegeman certainly has the
! material for turning out a winner,
iand I believe we are going to have
it
Judge Refuses to
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Fine Red Infielder
CINCINNATI, Feb. 26—“1 don't
want to take $2 from you, Larry. All
I ask is that vou sign up with the
Reds. We fans want to gee you in
uniform when the season opens,'” said
Judge Yateman to Larry Kopf, when
the ball player was arralgned before
him in the Municipal Court,
Larry was charged with parking
his automobile too long in a restrict
ed zone. He smiled and thanked the
Jjudge, but did not promise to sign up.
He and Hod Eller are holding out for
an increase in salary.
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Descamps Fails
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To Post Forfeit
Says Cochrane
(By Universal Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 26.—A clash
between Charles B. Cochran, the
British fight promoter and
Francis Deschamps, manager of
Georges Carpentier, is fore.
shadowed by Cochran’'s an
nouncement Wednesday that
Deschamps has failed to deposit
with him SSOOO to guarantee
Carpentier’s appearance in the
ring with Dempsey.
“My contract with Carpentier
called for the posting of this
SSOOO appearance money not
later than February 15" said
Cochran, “and | intend to hold
Deschamps to the terms of the
contract. There was no clause
that | should secure Dempsey's
signature in a given time"”
ONTHE LEVEL
By HENRY VANCE
The next sport dish to be servedy
tocal fandom will be the world series |
for the basketball championship. Be- i
ginming March 10, twenty teams will !
start competition in J\o national |
tournament at the Auditorium. Th-o‘
twenty teams will come from all sec- f
tions of America, and it will posi
tively be the biggest basketball at
traction ever brought South.
Games are scheduled to get going
in this tourney on March 10, and it is
thought it will consume March 11,
12 and 13 before the finals have been |
played and the champions for 1920
decided. Los An%‘ehs Athletic Club!
team, winners of the tourney of 1919,
will be here to defend their ciu.‘
against all comers, :
Of course, Joe Bean's boys, after!
playing out their schedule with a
clean sweep thus far, and with but
one other game to play, will enter
the tournament. Local fans will back |
the Bean boys to their last dollar,l
and the more enthusiastic lupporton'
believe that the club team will emerge
from the national tourney with first|
honors.
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DOONAN A BUSY MAN.
A. A. Doonan, chairman of the
Athletic committee at the clubl work
ed tirelessly to bring this attraction
to Atlam’ and when he finally came
out victoMous in obtaining the tour
ney he went right to work on plans
for makig it the best national tour
ney ever staged. He has worked hard
all during the winter on plans for the
big show and now he has the pleas
ure of announcing that the entry llatl
will probably break all records.
Teams from far ad near have signi
g:;l their intentions of trying for the
e.
The California national champions,
the Rutgers aggregation, the Illinois
A. C. team from Chicago, the Y. M, O.
outfit from Detroit, the city cham
pions of St. Louis and a Salt Lake
attraction are some of the most
prominent factions already entered.
In all there will be about twenty
basket machings competing.
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GAMES AT AUDITORIUM,
All games are to be staged at the
Auditorium, and from the present out
look the series will take Atlantans
by storm. A large crowd should see |
each game of the preliminaries, and |
the chances are that every nook and /|
cranny in the Auditorium will be]
filled for the semi-finals and finals. |
The Atlanta Athletic Club is to h@'
commended for its effort in going out |
| and getting this attraction and civie
Iprlders and the like should lend a
| helping hand in making March 10, 11,
|la and 13 four of the biggest sport
| days Atlanta has ever seen, The fact
that the championship tourney is be- |
ing held hére is a big adverll:«'ment'
within itself, and fahs should sup-|
port the proposition with their at- |
tendance, in order that other l:lti
awards will be sent South by the|
A. A. U, board in the future,
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STARK TO GET PLAYERS.
Dolly Stark, now managing the
Augusta club in the Sally League,
was in close touch with Tom Wat
kins, Memphis mogul, all during the
Southern League directors’ session |
here early this week, and it Is under-'
stood that Delly has made arrange- |
ments to procure several ball players |
from the Chick outfit before the Sally
League season gets under way. Dolly
| formerly played the shortfield for the
| Chicks and had a brief relgn as man
| ager In the Bluff City. He Is a good |
personal friend of the Memphis mug-l
‘nntn, and Angusta fans may rest as- |
‘.uurwl that Dolly will get some good
Southern League cast-offs for the|
t Augusta outfit
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MeMILLAN HASN'T SIGNED,
Tommy McMillan, who s wintering |
at his home here, was also mixing!
and mingling with the moguls on the
last day of the session, Tommy is!
the property of the Mobile club and|
will again look after the Ahur(flpld‘
job for Bob Coleman this summer,
He discussed terms with Prexy Logan
of the Mobile club, Mr. Logan stated |
that Tommy had not #igned his vnn-]
tract as yet, but he felt sure that|
they would come to terms {
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TOMMY SPRINGS GOOD ONE.
McMillun tells 0 good one on the
Morida State league, which played
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what invented th' alarrum
clock as stiff as pair o cuffs.
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League race was over last sea.aon.|
Tommy says they have a rule down
in the orange country that any man
who has played Class A ball is not
eligible to hold down a berth in the|
circuit. |
~ “You should have seen those
Southern League boys down there,”
said Tommy. “The woods were full
of Southern Leaguers, but each man‘
snagged an assumed name and went
right to work. The camouflage was‘
rather thin, sometimes, too.i There
was Tiny Goodbred, for instance.
Tiny simply changed his name to Mr.
Goodie, and he got by with it, too.”
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—AND HASTY WAS HIS NAME. ‘
President Logan of the Mobile club
is victim to many kidding matches
over his fight with Cholly Frank (or‘
the sérvices of Pitcher Hasty. So
much has been said of the famous
case that the directors have nlck“
named President Logan, “Hasty Lo
gan.)" Thae Mobile mogul gets red in}
the face every time the matter is
mentioned. And, the other night, TomJ
Waikins of the Memphis club, by
simply greasing the itching palm of
a black boy with a coin, had “Call for
Mr. Hasty Logan” resounding through
the lobby of the Ansley, much to the
chagrin of the gentleman from Mo
bile, ‘
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COLONEL QUACK WISE. |
Cholly Frank alleges that Quack
Smith is a pretty wise old bird, after
all. The Cracker boss says that
Colonel Bmith sits back and says lit
tle in regard to the schedule. Then
later after it's all made, he hits up a
deal with New Orleans and Memphis
whereby he plays a few games on
Sunday, such as postponements and
the like on @ fifty-fifty split in the
gate receipts,
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HIGGINS GETTING READY.
Bob Higgins will continue with his
automobile salesmanship until March
1. Bob will then take a few days’
vacation and on March § he will ship
from Atlanta for Bay St. Louis with
a crew of pitchers. Boh says he feels
ag young as ever, and his present in
tention |8 to catch as many games as
usual this season, He i 8 the steadiest
wheel-horse ever eatohing in the
Southern League, being diesatisfied
unless he is n there every day flag
ging the slants of the Cracker hurl
ers,
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MARTIN MAY BE SENATOR.
Rumor is going the rounds that
President John D. Martin of the
Southern League will in all prob
ability be a candidate for the United
Htates Senate from Tennessee at the
next election, 1 heard this during
the baseball session here, and when |
asked John D. about it he blushed
like a schoolboy. He Akin't deny it,
either, 80 there must be something
to the rumor, after all, It would be
great stuff if the circuit had for its
head a Benator, eh, Bteve?
Cadets Invade Macon
To Take on Lanier Hi
The champlon G, M. A team of the
Atlanta Prep League will make lis
last road trip of the present basket.
ball season, when the team embarks
for Macon riday night to play the
lanier High School, This will be
the gecond meeting of the two teams
this year, and the Cadets weer vie
torfous in the first game. THat game
was played at College Park,
(~ M. A, Is about the strongest
team In North Georgia, while Lanler
hag quite a rep In the southern part
of the State, The game can not be
called a State champlonship game, as
(1, M. (. has not been plaved., after
Are Playing
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Tail Enders
The first three teams in the At
lanta Prep League will do battle with
the last trio today. The championship
G. M. A. eam will play Commercial
High, which tea mi sgracing sixth
place in the league standing. Boys’
High, second team in the standing,
will play Fulton High, which is the
tail end club of the leagne. Peacock,
third in the standings, will play
Marist, which team is leading the
second division,
G. M. A. in its first game with
Commercial High established the rea
son's record by not letting the Com
memial tea mregister a field goal
during the fray. The Cadets should
win by at least lorty points, The
game will be played at Commercial
High.
Boys' High will play Fulton High
on the Fulton court back of the
County Courthouse, Boys' High had
a romp with Fulton in the first game
hetween the two teams, and as Boys’
High has since shown great ‘mprove
ment, while the Wulton team seems
to be slipping with each game, the
Davidiges should again win the gwmne,
and the result is only a matter of
points,
The Peacock-Marist game is only
a repetition of the first two games.
Peacock has a good team. and so has
Marist so far as that goes, but the
difference of the thirl and fifth teams
in this league is appa'ing. Reacock
should win by about fifreer pointe,
Tech High is off,
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Substituted for Jackie Clark
Against Champion o'Dowd
March s—Pappas Movie Man,
By GUY BUTLER.
Michael O'Dowd, the St. Paul
Irishman, who holds the- middle
weight title by virtue of his knockout
triumph over Al McCoy a couple of
years back, will find himself face to
face, when he toes the mark in the
Auditorium ring the night of Friday,
March 6, with one Stockyards Tom
my Murphy of Chicago, instead of
Jackie Clarke, as originally an
nounced.
Murphy is thought to be a tougher
foe for the champion, hence the
change. The stockyards man is a
hardened veteran of the ring, and has
made his reputation. He has been
fighting for some years, and is looked
upon around the Middle West as one
of the greatest 1568-pounders in that
neck of the woods.
Promoter McDonald is booking up
his preliminaries and will have some
of the promising young scrappers of
this vicinity carded in the semi
windup and the four-round events. It
is very likely that Freddie Boorde and
Stanley Meeghan, if the bout can be
arranged, will swap slams in the
semi-windup battle,
HUME BOOSTS RUDDY.
Kid Ruddy, the boy who lost to
Boorde the other evening, has come
in for a lot of boosting. It seems
that Ruddy made a distinct hit with
the fans by his ring tactics, and no
less a personage than Hume Mc-
Dohald declared that the only reason
the Kid was knocked out was be
cause he had just partaken of some
food only an hour or so before he en
tered the contest. .
That, of course, will stop any
fighter. It was Buddy’'s stomach
which ended the go in the sixth round
and not his lack Jf gameness,
PAPPAS IN MOVIES.
Jimmy Pappas, the Atlanta Greek
flyweight, has been heard from, Lit
tle Jimmy writes from Culver City,
Calif.,, where the movies come from,
that he is assistant director in one
of the Ince studios.
Pappas says he's doing splendidly
in his new work, which he entered
last April, and that he is prospering.
In addition to the shekels pouring in
from his picture work, Jimmy picks
up a little of the sporting, money by
indulging quite frequently in prize
fights along the Pacific slope,
He sends clippings from California
papers, showing that he defeated
several of the best youngsters in
that section. He outpointed Frankie
Dolan in three out of four rounds;
trimmed Georgie Marks, a crack Cal
ifornia boy, in four rounds, and also
left-hooked his way to victory over
‘Charley Jones, one of the gamest and
toughest lads ever seen in Vernon,
according to the clippings.
Pappas informs us that Ray Kirke,
whose real name is Kirkwood, the
boy who fought Battling Budd and
Young Feldman here several years
ago, was assistant director for
Charles Ray until a short time ago,
‘when he went with another company.
Pappas also formerly worked with
Ray. A
Edited By
HENRY C. VANCE
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Though No Definite Announce
ment Is Made, Big Bill Is
Choice for Chairman,
iy
(By Universal Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 26—William H.
(“Big Bill”) Edwards is to be the
next chairman of the National Com
mission. It is understood that John
A. Heydler, president of the Nation
al League, and Ban Johnson, presi
dent of the American League, agreed
on Edwards at their conference in
Heydler's office today, although
neither would make any announce
ment after the windup of the con
fab.
The inside information is that Ed
wards can have the post if he wants
it and, inasmuch as it pays $20,000
a year, with a three-year contract,
friends of the big collector of in
ternal revenue are inclined to be
lieve that he will accept.
Johnson left for Chicago this after
noon. He is to return shortly when
the appointment will be tornu.l’ an
nounced. Ban's selection for the
place was Harry Woodruff, of Chi
cago, but most of the magnates were
for either Edwards or Judge Landis
and when the latter withdrew, his
backers switched their support to
Edwards.
|
‘Judge Says He
|
| Heard
| Never Heard of
} (By Universal Service,
| NEW YORK, Feb. 26.———"\3’!0 is
)thln young man, Benny Kautf? I
|have never heard of him and I am
| somewhat of a baseball fan,” asked
| Judge Rosalsky, in the Court of Gen
!eml Sessions today. The inquiry was
| directed to Emil Fuchs, counsel for
| the Giants’ centerfielder, when be
lapplied for permission to inspect the
| minutes of the grand jury, which in
| dicted his client in connection with
| the theft of an automobile.on De
| cember 8&
| The atforney's request was made
| with & view to having the indict
| ment set aside. He pleaded that his
client depended for his livelihood as
| a ball player on his ability to retain
| the god will of the public.
| The motion of Kauff's attorney
was opposed by Assistant District
| Attorney Ryttenbérg, who said the
| members of the grand jurv had been
| unanimousiy in favor of the indict
{ment. Judge Rosalsky reserved
| decisior.
Ohio Gets Two Big
; Golf Tournaments
| NEW YORK, Feb, 26.—Two of the
| three leading golf events of the year
| have today been awarded to Ohio by
the United States Golf Assoclation.
I'Fhe annual tournaments will be held
as follows:
| Amateur championship at Engi
| neers’ Club, Roslyn, Long Island, Sep~
|tember 6-11; open championship at
| Iverness Club, Toledo, August 10, 11,
fl 2, 13,
| Women's national championship at
Mayfield Club, Cleveland, Ohio, Oc~
tober 4-9.
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